Predict Definition

prĭ-dĭkt

predicted, predicting, predicts

verb

predicted, predicting, predicts

To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.

Predicted an active hurricane season because of warmer ocean-surface temperatures.

American Heritage

To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)

Webster's New World

To foretell something.

American Heritage

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noun

(obsolete) A prediction.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Predict

17th Century: from Latin praedÄ«cere (“to mention beforehand"), from prae (“before") + dÄ«cere (“to say").

From Wiktionary
Latin praedīcere praedict- prae- pre- dīcere to say deik- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition